KNOX IN PICTURE BUT GUNN

MISSES ARIZONA TARGET

Inverness exile Russell Knox was lying joint seventh after the first round of this week's NGA Hooters Tour event, the Buffalo Run Casino Classic at Peoria Ridge Golf club, Miami in Oklahoma.
Knox, pictured right, had a four-under-par 68 which included seven birdies in halves of 32 (four under par) and 36 (level). He is two shots behind the leader, American Rhein Gibson.
Meanwhile, another North man, Jimmy Gunn from Dornoch, failed to survive the 36-hole cut in the Gateway Tour's latest Desert Summer Series touornament at Anthem Golf & Country Club, Ironwood in Arizona.
Gunn had rounds of 72 and 71 for one-under-par 143. To beat the cut, players had to score four-under 140 or better. Gunn's double bogey 5 at the short 11th in his second round was followed by birdies at the 12th, 14th, 15th and 16th in a vain bid to make up lost ground.
Five players share the lead at 10-under-par 134.